CVE-2017-12190

The bio_map_user_iov and bio_unmap_user functions in block/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 do unbalanced refcounting when a SCSI I/O vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the same page. The bio_add_pc_page function merges them into one, but the page reference is never dropped. This causes a memory leak and possible system lockup (exploitable against the host OS by a guest OS user, if a SCSI disk is passed through to a virtual machine) due to an out-of-memory condition.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b04e8f6bbb196cab4b232af0f8d48ff2c7a8058 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=95d78c28b5a85bacbc29b8dba7c04babb9b0d467 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/52 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.8 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101911 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1495089 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b04e8f6bbb196cab4b232af0f8d48ff2c7a8058 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95d78c28b5a85bacbc29b8dba7c04babb9b0d467 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93472064?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b04e8f6bbb196cab4b232af0f8d48ff2c7a8058 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=95d78c28b5a85bacbc29b8dba7c04babb9b0d467 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/52 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.8 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101911 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1495089 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b04e8f6bbb196cab4b232af0f8d48ff2c7a8058 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95d78c28b5a85bacbc29b8dba7c04babb9b0d467 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93472064?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:09

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b04e8f6bbb196cab4b232af0f8d48ff2c7a8058 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b04e8f6bbb196cab4b232af0f8d48ff2c7a8058 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=95d78c28b5a85bacbc29b8dba7c04babb9b0d467 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=95d78c28b5a85bacbc29b8dba7c04babb9b0d467 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/52 - Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/52 - Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.8 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.8 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101911 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101911 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1495089 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1495089 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b04e8f6bbb196cab4b232af0f8d48ff2c7a8058 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b04e8f6bbb196cab4b232af0f8d48ff2c7a8058 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95d78c28b5a85bacbc29b8dba7c04babb9b0d467 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95d78c28b5a85bacbc29b8dba7c04babb9b0d467 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html -
References () https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93472064?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS - () https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93472064?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS -
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/ - () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/ -
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/ - () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/ -
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ - () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ -
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ - () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ -

Information

Published : 2017-11-22 18:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37


NVD link : CVE-2017-12190

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12190

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-12190


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime